JAPANESE SCORE TACTICAL VICTORY IN BATTLE OF CORAL SEA
With Rear Adm. Fletcher’s Task Force 17 • May 7, 1942 In the 6 months following Japan’s December 7, 1941, attack on U.S. naval and air facilities at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the Japanese had the advantage of dominant air and naval power in the Pacific Ocean region. During these months the Japanese military looked to expand…